All Justice Info articles since 2015
All articles published on Justice Info (original and republications) are displayed on this page in chronological order. Only our Hirondelle News archives and the AFP news feed (except for dispatches edited by us) are excluded from this list.
The Disappeared and the Struggle of Justice in Nepal
29 August 2016
by Ram Kumar Bhandari
August 30th marks the International Day of the Disappeared, an opportunity for the world to remember those missing and disappeared during conflict. In Nepal there is little discussion about the more than 1,500 Nepalese who disappe [...]
26 August 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
Didier Niewiadowski is a French jurist and former advisor at the French embassy in Bangui (2008-2012). In an interview with JusticeInfo last June, he urged the new president of the Central African Republic Faustin Archange Touadér [...]
26 August 2016
by Human Rights Watch
(Washington, DC, August 25, 2016) – The agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas on August 24, 2016, to end their 52-year conflict is an unprecedented opportunity [...]
25 August 2016
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
The International Criminal Court (ICC) wrapped up in three days the trial of Malian former Jihadist Ahmed Al Faqi Al Mahdi, who faces one charge of war crimes for destruction of historic and religious buildings in Timbuktu in June [...]
25 August 2016
by Hector Velasco
Colombia announces historic peace agreement
Colombia's government and FARC rebels announced Wednesday that they have reached a historic peace deal to end their half-century civil war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives. After nearly four years of negotiations in Cuba, [...]
24 August 2016
by Pierre Hazan
100 Years after Balfour Declaration, Palestinians Threaten to Sue
Can the law correct the colonial past? That is the hope of Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, who plans to sue Britain in an international court for the Balfour Declaration nearly a century ago which gave a “na [...]
24 August 2016
by Geeta Koska
Tunisia: the price of economic reconciliation in the transitional justice process.
In recent years the involvement of economic elites and business in corruption has come under increasing scrutiny. In response, transitional justice has also come under pressure to address the link between the private sector, corru [...]
23 August 2016
by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Malian Jihadist who destroyed holy sites tells his story
Malian former Jihadist Ahmed Al Mahdi pleaded guilty on Monday as his trial opened at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He faces a single war crimes charge for the destruction of nine mausoleums and part of the Sidi Yahia mo [...]
23 August 2016
by AFP
Will Syria gas attacks probe nail the Assad regime?
A yearlong investigation to determine who is behind deadly chemical attacks in Syria takes center stage at the United Nations this week when the panel presents its much-awaited findings. The Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) set [...]
22 August 2016
by Carina Tertsakian
Where is Burundian Journalist Jean Bigirimana?
It is exactly one month since 37-year-old journalist Jean Bigirimana vanished after leaving his home in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, for Bugarama, a town about 40 kilometers away. There are unconfirmed reports that he was arreste [...]
22 August 2016
by François Sergent
Week in Review: A controversial arrest, Rwandan influence and Tunisia’s women fight for rights
The transitional justice week was marked by the controversial arrest in Frankfurt of Rwandan Enoch Ruhigira, the last head of presidential staff of Juvénal Habyarimana, on suspicion of genocide. The arrest of Ruhigira, now a citiz [...]
21 August 2016
by Stéphanie Maupas
“Destruction of Cultural Heritage” At Heart of Mali Trial
The trial of Ahmed Al Faqi Al Mahdi, known as Abu Tourab, is to open on Monday August 22 at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This Ansar Dine militiaman was head of the Islamic morality brigade during the occupation of Timbu [...]
19 August 2016
by JusticeInfo correspondents in Frankfurt, Brussels and Wellington
German Arrest of Top Aide to Rwandan Ex-President Raises Questions
The news didn’t make a big splash in the international media, despite the person’s stature. Enoch Ruhigira, who was the last head of presidential staff under Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, was arrested in July in Germany [...]
19 August 2016
by AFP
Ahmad Al-Faqi al-Mahdi, Islamic enforcer of Timbuktu
Ahmad Al-Faqi Al-Mahdi, whose war crime trial in The Hague opens on Monday, is a quiet Koranic scholar turned ruthless enforcer for jihadists when they occupied the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu. Born around 40 years ago in Agoun [...]
19 August 2016
by AFP
Five things to know about Mali's holy sites
The trial of a Malian jihadist charged with war crimes for orchestrating the 2012 destruction of nine Timbuktu mausoleums and a section of a famous mosque resumes Monday at the International Criminal Court (ICC). How did the monum [...]
18 August 2016
by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net
“Access and Security” for Tribunal Archives on Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia
The UN's Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) has just published its access policy for the records it holds, some of which are classified. These records include all the archives of the International Criminal Trib [...]
18 August 2016
by AFP
Argentine judge to probe murder of Spanish poet Lorca
An Argentine judge known for investigating crimes committed during Spain's civil war will probe the murder of poet Federico Garcia Lorca, a victims' association said Thursday. The Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory [...]